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so you now have iran and iraq with no american presence. afghanistan, a completely different situation where the president from the very beginning started announcing the time table for withdrawal said, okay, we will surge, but we won't give two complete fighting seasons. it's common sense, you don't have to be a brain surgeon here to understand that when you tell the enemy, listen, we are going to surge but we are out of there by this date, the enemy will sit back and wait in a situation as dangerous as those two countries are, for our allies to feel that they don't have a strong partner, it is going to be very difficult for them to stand up with us. i would say what is happening in iraq and afghanistan, bog, in addition to what is happening in the region, are in many ways, a direct result of the administration's policy. >> let me ask you, what do we do now? in light of the fact that this is a situation where we have -- if you were -- if you were president, what would you do? >> i would say, number 1, we are going to absolutely bring justic
so you now have iran and iraq with no american presence. afghanistan, a completely different situation where the president from the very beginning started announcing the time table for withdrawal said, okay, we will surge, but we won't give two complete fighting seasons. it's common sense, you don't have to be a brain surgeon here to understand that when you tell the enemy, listen, we are going to surge but we are out of there by this date, the enemy will sit back and wait in a situation as...
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it is to destabilize libya, iraq, jordan and even turkey, and runs the risk of sectarian warfare that engulfs the middle east. it is urgent, it is serious, and the administration does not seem to have a policy that is commensurate with the seriousness of the problem and the repetitive events. and iran continues to move toward a nuclear weapon, and we seem to spend more time putting pressure on israel not to strike iran than figuring out what he with are going to do about iran. think i it's a troubling time. it's a middle east that's in meltdown and our policies seem to be in some sense frozen. the administration talks about how they have more time. i think we are running out of time, and i'm worried about it. >> how do we unwind ourselves out of this situation? no matter why it happened, we now have this situation and it is a crisis. what do we do? >> one of the things we don't do, we don't pull out. because these people who are demonstrating against us, that's exactly what they want to do. they want us to pull out and clear the space for their more radical agenda. i think one of the
it is to destabilize libya, iraq, jordan and even turkey, and runs the risk of sectarian warfare that engulfs the middle east. it is urgent, it is serious, and the administration does not seem to have a policy that is commensurate with the seriousness of the problem and the repetitive events. and iran continues to move toward a nuclear weapon, and we seem to spend more time putting pressure on israel not to strike iran than figuring out what he with are going to do about iran. think i it's a...
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bernard happy to see her owner back from iraq. and the bad. a child crying on
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i left iraq. we finished the war in iraq responsibly. do you believe we got out of iraq responsibly? >> the fact that the white house and the state department could not even manage to get a status of forces agreement after the effort that was put into iraq and the fact that they then launched on a pattern of a democratic constitution, i think is most unfortunate. i would say anyone who wants to chalk that up as a success is making a mistake. >> brian: what about afghanistan? >> we have seen what's going on there. it's a terribly difficult situation. and i was concerned about the attacks on our forces by afghan people. apparently the taliban had been able to infiltrate the security forces to some extent and as a result, it's made it quite dangerous for u.s. forces to operate in close proximity to afghan forces. my guess is what they'll have to do is strengthen their vetting system and until they've sorted that out, they're going to have to probably operate separately rather than jointly. >> steve: mr. secretary, this campaign, the bumper
i left iraq. we finished the war in iraq responsibly. do you believe we got out of iraq responsibly? >> the fact that the white house and the state department could not even manage to get a status of forces agreement after the effort that was put into iraq and the fact that they then launched on a pattern of a democratic constitution, i think is most unfortunate. i would say anyone who wants to chalk that up as a success is making a mistake. >> brian: what about afghanistan?...
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jacquelyn jennis in iraq, holding up "the five." they there are conservatives -- >> eric: where d. >> bob: where are you in the picture? >> eric: i'm not. i believe the gentleman in the center is a military veteran. thank you for watching "the five." >> dana: so my good friend bret baier tonight is going to be live doing a show right after this, but in a shameless ploy for ratings he is in jasper county, iowa. he tried to lure viewers in to watching for jasper in the elevator with his sunglasses on because he is so cool. >> andrea: is he on the panel next to krauthammer? >> dana: honestly, if he came and sat in greg's spot manual how many viewers we would get -- imagine how many viewers we'd get. >> greg: any link no matter how tenuous you bring it back to your dog. >> dana: you brought up cat videos twice. >> greg: casper, the friendly ghost. that sounds like jasper my dog. >> dana: he looks cute on the sand. >> greg: sand, my dog looks good on sand. that is how she thinks. >> dana: jasper is trained to go on the paper. >> greg: th
jacquelyn jennis in iraq, holding up "the five." they there are conservatives -- >> eric: where d. >> bob: where are you in the picture? >> eric: i'm not. i believe the gentleman in the center is a military veteran. thank you for watching "the five." >> dana: so my good friend bret baier tonight is going to be live doing a show right after this, but in a shameless ploy for ratings he is in jasper county, iowa. he tried to lure viewers in to watching...
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islamists throughout the region particularly in libya where per capita they sent more jihadists to iraq to fight against american troops than any other country in the world. megyn: but here's my question because you were the doj under president bush -- >> well, a number of presidents -- megyn: okay. the bush doctrine was to spread democracy, allow democracy to flourish, and that's why a lot of former bush officials came on fox news during the arab spring and actually said, you know what? this is sort of what we wanted, to let democracy flourish. others came on and said, no, no, no, ambassador bolten said repeatedly we don't know what we're getting. sounds like you're in the latter camp. >> yeah. i've been in the no camp since 2003, 2004. i'm all for promoting democracy. if you look at it as a culture, we absolutely should be promoting our values and principles, but the democracy that they promoted is the back end, it's the procedural aspects of democracy, you know, constitution writing and popular elections. when i was in the third grade, we had a popular election, you know? we had a pr
islamists throughout the region particularly in libya where per capita they sent more jihadists to iraq to fight against american troops than any other country in the world. megyn: but here's my question because you were the doj under president bush -- >> well, a number of presidents -- megyn: okay. the bush doctrine was to spread democracy, allow democracy to flourish, and that's why a lot of former bush officials came on fox news during the arab spring and actually said, you know what?...
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bill: we saw it in iraq. iran reportedly deploys a russian made submarine in the gulf. it was launched after the u.s. and others began naval exercises in nearby waters. iran's supreme leader says he has no intention of invading other countries but he believes the armed forces should quote be upgraded in a way that no one is able to violate the reinforced fortress of iran, end quote. martha: secret emails uncovered in a daily caller information, they suggest that the justice department has been collaborating with a political media group on how to spin certain stories. what exactly is in those emails that have just been released through a investigation, we will speak to the man behind all that next. bill: a new legal battle for the unions in a critical swing state, that is wisconsin who is going to court now and why. we'll tell you. martha: a win for the royal family a judge ordering a french magazine to turn over topless photos of prince william's wife kate, but this case is far from over, coming up after this. >> i think it's an invasion of privacy rile. if someone is o
bill: we saw it in iraq. iran reportedly deploys a russian made submarine in the gulf. it was launched after the u.s. and others began naval exercises in nearby waters. iran's supreme leader says he has no intention of invading other countries but he believes the armed forces should quote be upgraded in a way that no one is able to violate the reinforced fortress of iran, end quote. martha: secret emails uncovered in a daily caller information, they suggest that the justice department has been...
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not exactly what's happening in syria right now who started in iraq ten years ago when the occupied iraq the u.s. secretary of state visited syria and urged bashar al assad to rupture relations with russia and iran but president assad did not yield to their demands for this reason they started planning an attack against syria seen years ago you know they have taken advantage of the so-called arab spring which has ignited across tunisia egypt libya sudan and i don't even know who will be next probably it will affect saudi arabia and united arab emirates next year because we see something of a snowball effect here in syria is a special case for it is the most diverse ethnic country. and christians have lived side by side. to playing this card the issue to destabilize syria as everybody knows what they did in lebanon twenty or thirty years ago the intended to split the country into small states syria intervened forces into lebanon prevented this from happening so now they're trying to get their vengeance syria reasons preventing the division of lebanon into denying them cooperation over ira
not exactly what's happening in syria right now who started in iraq ten years ago when the occupied iraq the u.s. secretary of state visited syria and urged bashar al assad to rupture relations with russia and iran but president assad did not yield to their demands for this reason they started planning an attack against syria seen years ago you know they have taken advantage of the so-called arab spring which has ignited across tunisia egypt libya sudan and i don't even know who will be next...
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goes to iraq and does the same. fighting israel with one hundred aircraft once every three years then they deny russia the right to provide us with medical equipment for instance. why do they have the rights to this things that have been others from. the largest manufacturer and exporter and no one can object to that last year. thirty five billion dollars worth of weapons to israel who has objected. listen to them when they officially declare russia has violated international law by selling two helicopters to syria. and syria. through their will and russia would not stand still and iran will continue to develop its technology. impose economic sanctions against us will still have the support of our friends for this reason the russian foreign minister has stated that economic sanctions against syria would not . only make us stronger. the united states is so deeply involved these days both politically and militarily in the conflicts in your region that many people say that the military intervention . in syria is only a
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we took our troops out of iraq without even getting is that it's a boys and women you're going to go i pat. iraq and yet need to pull the troops out regular out the pact the troops are out you definitely if you have not now what are you doing by that is telling our allies that kim broke with king's promotion of the rights apology tour a lot i aside president obama withdrew troops from iraq because he recognized it was time to end of the most on necessary war in american history and let's not forget iraqi officials our allies wanted u.s. troops to leave leaving iraq is not what caused last week's violence in the middle east and the very very ugly newsweek moving on from congressman king's outrageous comments to an outrageous magazine cover this week's edition of newsweek released today features a picture of muslims with a big bold title of mozilla brage after the attacks in benghazi last week we saw numerous images of libyans holding up signs in support of the united states and in support of what ambassador chris stevens was doing in the country in libya and that was no fluke despite
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helping iraq get its act for example but instead they were looking for every possible way of getting this weapons of mass destruction story into the into the news media and the washington post very very very keenly jumped on that line and so i came under enormous pressure from my bosses to to start looking at it the same way and i couldn't see any evidence that they in that daniel so i try to say well i see it this way also famously the new york times sat on the bush wiretapping story for over a year and yet i mean definitely eighteen you know peddling this propaganda to aid in a legal and immoral war dan i think a lot of people look at the new york times and other publications and they say you know how how could all of that be censored there are so many people it's a huge industry there's so many people who want to get the truth out care about getting the truth out where you say it's top down i mean are journalists trying to get stories out and they're just censored from the top how does this how does this like element i mean there are sharp work there. there are different processes
helping iraq get its act for example but instead they were looking for every possible way of getting this weapons of mass destruction story into the into the news media and the washington post very very very keenly jumped on that line and so i came under enormous pressure from my bosses to to start looking at it the same way and i couldn't see any evidence that they in that daniel so i try to say well i see it this way also famously the new york times sat on the bush wiretapping story for over...
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war on terror from iraq to afghanistan and we've propped up dictators we've tortured all sorts of people from the muslim world many of them are innocent . if there was a real debate in the mainstream media in our country about us foreign policy the propping up of dictators the taking the oil the killing of civilians which is always buried when the us military kills civilians in iraq in afghanistan as they just did with all these women and bachmann province it's always a footnote but if we had that kind of coverage then meet maybe people would understand that one of the reason is that you know that that the segment of muslims that hate us it might have more to do with these policy issues than the fact that women in our country sometimes go to work or are women wear miniskirts and you know some of the debate in the mainstream media has become frankly absurd yeah it's become a caricature of itself in many ways why do you think the media refuses to address the real reasons why some members of the muslim world are so upset with us i think that there is an elite the elite media are embedded wi
war on terror from iraq to afghanistan and we've propped up dictators we've tortured all sorts of people from the muslim world many of them are innocent . if there was a real debate in the mainstream media in our country about us foreign policy the propping up of dictators the taking the oil the killing of civilians which is always buried when the us military kills civilians in iraq in afghanistan as they just did with all these women and bachmann province it's always a footnote but if we had...
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in iraq so where the this is still a rocket grow chillingly all something more serious remains to be seen certainly the temperature in jerusalem is high nature of the animal and his foreign minister have been preventing iran going to seriously for the last four months and the west of course has let them get away with it i mean just imagine if any other country were threatening another sovereign state there would be some he wouldn't cry in international quarters monnin look is simply a stroke so the very notion that israel has the right to invade another country because it has nuclear weapons when israeli israel itself is a nuclear but is slightly grotesque and i mean as we heard as we had a couple of weeks ago or so i'm sorry to interrupt but netanyahu was a voice in his grievances to one u.s. congressman on capitol hill saying that quote unquote he without is a wit's end when it comes to his time to invade iran and also to get the support of the united states but here we have american warships british warships other allies or military hardware there on the gulf and a very very sensi
in iraq so where the this is still a rocket grow chillingly all something more serious remains to be seen certainly the temperature in jerusalem is high nature of the animal and his foreign minister have been preventing iran going to seriously for the last four months and the west of course has let them get away with it i mean just imagine if any other country were threatening another sovereign state there would be some he wouldn't cry in international quarters monnin look is simply a stroke so...
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many many thousands of people died in afghanistan and in a whole number of other countries including iraq but in afghanistan itself there is a clear sign that people are turning against the occupation and the resistance is there anything growing and that's i mean what we saw today with the bomb attack and i mean we will see more of these things because. the taliban and the other people who are posing not real and probably rightly are in a stronger position in maryland position to get rid of the troops that's what the attack on camp bastion was about last week and that's what they'll continue to do you saying we will see more not not just in afghanistan but in other countries as well what you mean by that you mean that this could lead to something more than just protests now well i think we have to see the. film as really a match in what was already in the box and that people already filed a sense of grievance about these wars about the insults to the why in which muslims are treated in the western world the cause. section of muslims the fact that in afghanistan for example have been a who
many many thousands of people died in afghanistan and in a whole number of other countries including iraq but in afghanistan itself there is a clear sign that people are turning against the occupation and the resistance is there anything growing and that's i mean what we saw today with the bomb attack and i mean we will see more of these things because. the taliban and the other people who are posing not real and probably rightly are in a stronger position in maryland position to get rid of the...
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priests have been murdered, churches attacked, some christians moved to safety in northern iraq. others left the country. in syria, the president has long had the reputation of protecting the ancient christian communities as restless muslims radicalize, christians felt exposed. >> only the secular government can preserve the existence of christians in the middle east. after all, during the government of assad or the other government, we lived in syria with religious freedom. we have our freedom to worship and to build the churches. >> suarez: syrian christians are exceptionally vul vulnerable. >> the christians are caught between the rock and the hard place because on the one hand there's the government that was at least protecting them to some extent. that is under siege. on the other hand, the syrian christians are afraid. the radical islamist group will undermine their positions, their privileges and even their security. it is difficult for them then to support the opposition. >> suarez: christians in lebanon fare better in many ways than their counterparts in other countries.
priests have been murdered, churches attacked, some christians moved to safety in northern iraq. others left the country. in syria, the president has long had the reputation of protecting the ancient christian communities as restless muslims radicalize, christians felt exposed. >> only the secular government can preserve the existence of christians in the middle east. after all, during the government of assad or the other government, we lived in syria with religious freedom. we have our...
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we just a guess that in iraq. general petraeus and iowa in 2007 in front of congress, you know, what the hell did we know i thought i told the story. in afghanistan we do know. the same adversaries that ran at country in the 90's want it back, and they are committed, they are resilient, they are tough, they are smart. after all, we get killed all of the slow and stupid ones. and in my judgment, the taliban come al qaeda linkage posts bin laden while there might be some taliban that have a different view it's still pretty solid. the taliban get back and stand by for al qaeda. they may be weak, but afghanistan as the field of choice in the world that yemen can never be for reasons that those of you that no yemen will understand, you will never get homogenous whatsoever in the world better now that the desirability of having al qaeda as members. it was different in afghanistan and it could be different again. so i would conclude really long after i should have what kind of future. and afghanistan that is good enough
we just a guess that in iraq. general petraeus and iowa in 2007 in front of congress, you know, what the hell did we know i thought i told the story. in afghanistan we do know. the same adversaries that ran at country in the 90's want it back, and they are committed, they are resilient, they are tough, they are smart. after all, we get killed all of the slow and stupid ones. and in my judgment, the taliban come al qaeda linkage posts bin laden while there might be some taliban that have a...
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ambassador to iraq and turkey. thanks for joining us. let me ask you right out of the gate. how serious do you think this threat is? >> first of all it is good to be back. this like all threats have to be taken seriously. al qaeda repeatedly threatened diplomats and american business community throughout the middle east. before and after 9/11, al qaeda was far more successful attacking such interests be it our embassies in eastern africa, be it business establishments in saudi arabia than they have been in the last few years. so we'll watch this closely but i don't think it will have any immediate effect. melissa: you don't think it was more serious? we had an ambassador, diplomat first time in 20 years. seemses like whether they have been threating or not, it seems like they're more successful in the last week? >> that was offshoot group tied to al qaeda but i wouldn't is that was an al qaeda planned operation at this point. the fbi is looking into it. we have to wait the findings there. we have embassy attacks and consulate attacks fairly frequently in the middle east. mos
ambassador to iraq and turkey. thanks for joining us. let me ask you right out of the gate. how serious do you think this threat is? >> first of all it is good to be back. this like all threats have to be taken seriously. al qaeda repeatedly threatened diplomats and american business community throughout the middle east. before and after 9/11, al qaeda was far more successful attacking such interests be it our embassies in eastern africa, be it business establishments in saudi arabia than...
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>> what about iraq? i think the pressure on al gore to invade iraq, to go to war in iraq would have been intense because the republicans in the congress would have been pushing that. a lot of democrats thought that saddam hussein was a bad guy who had to go. there was an iraq liberation act that clinton signed under pressure. and this to me is the most interesting counterfactual. who would have been vice president of the united states? joe liberman. there's no more hawkish figure -- >> we would have been building condos in yemen. >> joe liberman would be in the popular consciousness of what dick cheney is now. >> to me, that's one of the most fascinating counter factuals. joe liberman as vice president, and it would have been a principled argument. he believed this -- >> as did cheney. >> that it would have been changed the whole middle east. i have some fun with the idea of joe liberman as vice president in a post 9/11 war pushing al gore to do something on iraq. >> all right. this is fascinating, jeff.
>> what about iraq? i think the pressure on al gore to invade iraq, to go to war in iraq would have been intense because the republicans in the congress would have been pushing that. a lot of democrats thought that saddam hussein was a bad guy who had to go. there was an iraq liberation act that clinton signed under pressure. and this to me is the most interesting counterfactual. who would have been vice president of the united states? joe liberman. there's no more hawkish figure --...
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start even compares the journalists who cover wall street to reporters sent to iraq he said they too were embedded but in the corporate culture. the great panic of two thousand and eight is the equivalent for the bit business media what the iraq war was from that for the washington press corps is the national story of the last seventy years so the parallel is fair you could further extend the analogy a little bit to think about the idea this concept of being embedded and that the press corps itself was sort of embedded within a particular narrative. that has its origins on wall street i don't think that analogy is out of whack at all. there was one more factor this few in the media covered because it was about the media about the infusion of nearly three billion dollars in advertising revenues from dodgy lenders and credit card companies between two thousand and two when the housing bubble took off until its crash in two thousand and seven. benchley an entire industry became predatory predatory like criminal. yet deceptive marketing on a mass scale as a as a function of corporate it
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four years ago i promised to end the war in iraq and we did. [cheers and applause] i said it's time for us to start winding down the war in afghanistan, and we are. we have got a new tower rising above the new york skyline even as al qaeda is on the path to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. [applause] but what happens this past week underscores that we still have threats in the world. we can't just pull that. we have to stay engaged and involved for our security. we have also got to remain vigilant. that is why as long as i'm commander-in-chief we will always have the strongest military the world has ever known. [applause] we will do what is required to keep our personal safe around the world and when our troops come home, when they take off their uniform, we will serve them as well as they have served us. because in america, no one should, no one who has fought for this country should have to fight for a job or a roof over their heads when they come home. [applause] but again here you have got a choice too because my opponent said it was tra
four years ago i promised to end the war in iraq and we did. [cheers and applause] i said it's time for us to start winding down the war in afghanistan, and we are. we have got a new tower rising above the new york skyline even as al qaeda is on the path to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. [applause] but what happens this past week underscores that we still have threats in the world. we can't just pull that. we have to stay engaged and involved for our security. we have also got to remain...
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jury deliberations resume in the retrial of an iraq war veteran charged with killing his roommate. gary smith is accused of killing him at their gaithersburg apartment in 2006. smith was convicted in 2008, but the conviction was overturned. >> and afghan militant says he carried out a suicide attack near kabul air force base. a female suicide bomber rammed a small sedan into a mini bus killing nine people. the minibus was believed to carry foreign aviation workers to the airport. pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi from myanmar is in d.c.. she will meet with secretary of state clinton today and attend an event at the u.s. institute of peace. she will receive the congressional gold medal. she spent nearly two decades under house arrest. will also visit new york, the midwest, and california. >> the man accused of shooting a security guard in downtown washington is expected in court today. the man walked into the conservative lobbying group's building last month and shot the guard in the arm. he said he did not like the group's politics, the family research council. one of the worst
jury deliberations resume in the retrial of an iraq war veteran charged with killing his roommate. gary smith is accused of killing him at their gaithersburg apartment in 2006. smith was convicted in 2008, but the conviction was overturned. >> and afghan militant says he carried out a suicide attack near kabul air force base. a female suicide bomber rammed a small sedan into a mini bus killing nine people. the minibus was believed to carry foreign aviation workers to the airport....
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the other example, the surge in iraq, in 2006. we spent the fall of 2006 absolutely laser beam focused on, looked like one of daunte's circles of hell going on in iraq at the time. what are we to do about it? the bid on the table was to double down. was to send five brigades, five american brigades into iraq and i'm there with my deputy, supported by a whole phalanx of cia analysts and what we told the president and the vice president was, mr. president, you put five brigades of professional, nonsectarian combat power into that war, you are going to push the violence down. you are going to make baghdad a safer place. but, mr. president, you're making baghdad a safer place to create the political space for the iraqi government to make some very fundamental decisions. they have got to take advantage of the space you're going to buy them with american blood. and, mr. president, nouriel maliki is not a high probability shot. mr. president, nouriel maliki, has spent his entire life in exile. he has a conspiratorial view of the world. h
the other example, the surge in iraq, in 2006. we spent the fall of 2006 absolutely laser beam focused on, looked like one of daunte's circles of hell going on in iraq at the time. what are we to do about it? the bid on the table was to double down. was to send five brigades, five american brigades into iraq and i'm there with my deputy, supported by a whole phalanx of cia analysts and what we told the president and the vice president was, mr. president, you put five brigades of professional,...
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. >> i know there's a sense there, unlike iraq, afghanistan, international interests, let's say, waned after gadhafi fell. arwa, thanks for your reporting as always. >>> more on what we're working for "newsroom international." what to know what happens going on behind the scenes in north korea? we asked kim jong-il's former sushi chef. the most famous rapper in italy, italian rapper. what it takes to break into the american music scene.ni ! [ male announcer ] isn't always the one you plan to take. whoa, check it out. hey baby goat... no that's not yours... [ hikers whispering ] ...that's not yours. [ goat bleats ] na, na, na -- no! [ male announcer ] now you can take a photo right from video, so you'll never miss the perfect shot. [ hikers laughing, commenting ] at&t introduces the htc one x. now $99.99. rethink possible. without freshly-made pasta. you could also cut corners by making it without 100% real cheddar cheese. but then...it wouldn't be stouffer's mac & cheese. just one of over 70 satisfying recipes for one from stouffer's. starts with ground beef, unions, and peppers baked
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was suffering from a very difficult, long war in iraq. president bush, before him, have started withdraws, i think this is some better numbers than the 74 and the erosion is even worse. this president has had a policy, which has created disrespect for america. the likability factor is not the most important. the respect factor is most important. you are seeing the reactions that have so much violence involved in this. the definition of what happens when we lose respect around the world. we are the last superpower. we have a responsibility to help stabilize. instead, we have created a vacuum of power that has destabilized the world. lou: i suppose that is a difficult, if you will, a difficult balance. knowing when a refusal to exert capriciously or irresponsibly in the region of the world, and understanding the difference between creating a vacuum in that part of the world. the united states has not had, as president george w. bush famously put it, a humble foreign policy since you can argue today, you have to go back to, at least, i think
was suffering from a very difficult, long war in iraq. president bush, before him, have started withdraws, i think this is some better numbers than the 74 and the erosion is even worse. this president has had a policy, which has created disrespect for america. the likability factor is not the most important. the respect factor is most important. you are seeing the reactions that have so much violence involved in this. the definition of what happens when we lose respect around the world. we are...
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i became one of the first army women to fly combat missions in iraq. >> stephen: duckworth. female, disabled, thai, chinese and a veteran? (laughter) that's not a convention speaker, that's diversity voltron. (laughter) (cheers and applause) i tell you, the ultimate sign of the democrats' desperation was all the signs. whether the message was "moving forward" or "not moving backward" or just loving the first lady, these audience signs seemed to materialize out of nowhere! what the... (laughter). but ultimately, the true measure of last night was not the volume of the crowd or how deeply people were moved. no, it was the twittering. yes, the thunderous applause shook the rafters, but what did hornyham berger69 tweet to his bros? fortunately when it comes to social media the news media have their cyber fingers on the info net youth pulse. poke me, jim. >> our tweets per minute convention hall of fame it was michelle obama who is setting a record with 28,000 tweets per minute. >> something like 28,000 tweets per minute at a speech compared to mitt romney's peak at 14,000. >> wh
i became one of the first army women to fly combat missions in iraq. >> stephen: duckworth. female, disabled, thai, chinese and a veteran? (laughter) that's not a convention speaker, that's diversity voltron. (laughter) (cheers and applause) i tell you, the ultimate sign of the democrats' desperation was all the signs. whether the message was "moving forward" or "not moving backward" or just loving the first lady, these audience signs seemed to materialize out of...
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why don't you rebut him, chief spokesman for the coalition provisional authority in iraq, a more junior dan senor >> democracy we often said when we were there that democracy is messy. if you want clean and tidy there's dictatorship but right now these iraqis political leaders are immersed in their first sort of democratic experiment >> jon: i get you, man. it was the early to mid, man. everybody was experimenting with democracy then. what's up? you know what [bleep] i'm out of here. just go at it, you two. >> just a reminder of the chaos that a lot of the policies of this administration have sowed. chaos in the arab spring. chaos for allies in israel. there are certainly areas that are problematic. we are having some tough days. we'll have tough days ahead. what we've seen in the last three days is a product of policies that have been building over the last three years. if we are successful in building some modicum democracy, it will be an enormous success. you think the president's policy in the middle east has been a success. looks like a disaster to most americans. there has been si
why don't you rebut him, chief spokesman for the coalition provisional authority in iraq, a more junior dan senor >> democracy we often said when we were there that democracy is messy. if you want clean and tidy there's dictatorship but right now these iraqis political leaders are immersed in their first sort of democratic experiment >> jon: i get you, man. it was the early to mid, man. everybody was experimenting with democracy then. what's up? you know what [bleep] i'm out of...
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four years ago, i promised to end the war in iraq, and we did. [applause] i said it is time for us to wind down the war in afghanistan, and we are. [applause] we have got a new tower rising above the new york skyline, even as al qaeda is on the path to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. [applause] what happened this past week underscores that we still face threats in the world. we cannot pull back. we have to stay engaged and involved for our security. we have to remain vigilant. that is why so long but as i am commander in chief we will have the strongest military that the world has ever known. [applause] we will do what is required to keep our personnel safe around the world, and when our troops come home, when they take off their uniforms, we will serve them as well as they have served us, because in america no one should to fight for a job or a roof over their heads when they come home if they have fought for america. [applause] again, you have a choice because my opponent said it was tragic for me to end the war in iraq. he will not tell us
four years ago, i promised to end the war in iraq, and we did. [applause] i said it is time for us to wind down the war in afghanistan, and we are. [applause] we have got a new tower rising above the new york skyline, even as al qaeda is on the path to defeat and osama bin laden is dead. [applause] what happened this past week underscores that we still face threats in the world. we cannot pull back. we have to stay engaged and involved for our security. we have to remain vigilant. that is why...
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waves of servicemen and women are returning home from iraq and afghanistan and now families need to keep a major piece of moneyy advice in mind. >> when they want to go on a cruise, or buy a new car, do something that is really big and great because everybody is feeling good, but it is better to wait when emotions come down and you can lead with your head, not your heart. >> there are some categories with tips, basic training aid, financial resources, and an action center to help you create and manage your credit score, create a savings plan, pay down some of the debt. it is avaiin the app store. they are working on an android version as well. christian schafer, abc-2. >>> this is great. if you have ever dreamed of attending an ivy league school and did not have the grades, you can take some of the classes for free. schools like princeton and harvard and hopkins are offering online courses at no cost. the courses are a good way to enhance your skills and can be particularly helpful for people searching for a job. >> there is a gab between training and unemployment that can be addressed.
waves of servicemen and women are returning home from iraq and afghanistan and now families need to keep a major piece of moneyy advice in mind. >> when they want to go on a cruise, or buy a new car, do something that is really big and great because everybody is feeling good, but it is better to wait when emotions come down and you can lead with your head, not your heart. >> there are some categories with tips, basic training aid, financial resources, and an action center to help...
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united host turkish side got a tussle right in group age for what patrice evra could be fed if united iraq recovering from a minor knock while striker robin van persie is set to make his champions league debut for the red devils united have lifted europe's top club trophy three times but were eliminated in the group stage last season and manager sir alex ferguson has vile. to feel a strong slice to prevent the shock. you don't want to be as clear as you are why should. i think he might choose to motivate a fight with way. over the past few years. has been very shameful for those who are given opportunity for what we don't get is probably more experienced into more. a site with football and world cup winning strikeout asunder del piero has held his first training session with his new side sydney f.c. the former eventis and italy legend is the biggest name ever to have joined the a lay down on the in hopes of high the thirty seven year old can help promote the image of continuity in football cross the globe. a fantastic day for sydney f.c. it's a fantastic day for football in a strange and t
united host turkish side got a tussle right in group age for what patrice evra could be fed if united iraq recovering from a minor knock while striker robin van persie is set to make his champions league debut for the red devils united have lifted europe's top club trophy three times but were eliminated in the group stage last season and manager sir alex ferguson has vile. to feel a strong slice to prevent the shock. you don't want to be as clear as you are why should. i think he might choose...
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iraq. war. new york city police crackdown on occupy wall street. arresting nearly two hundred. live from the heart of moscow. today's top headlines and insurgent group claims it's behind a suicide attack on foreigners and killed at least twelve they say it's been staged in revenge for a u.s. made film ridiculing islam and the violence is the latest in a wave of unrest triggered by this american movie with demonstrations and attacks on u.s. embassies in over twenty countries worldwide. more than ten people have died in kabul afghanistan today after a vehicle flams into a minivan full of aviation workers we know that most of those individuals that work killed in the attack today were foreigners now all of this is happening as a result of an american made movie called the innocence of muslims the group that has taken responsibility for this attack in kabul is known as the party of islam and they're closely tied to the taliban and they believe that there should not be foreign forces in afghanistan at this suicide incident actually happened a day after there were protests across kab
iraq. war. new york city police crackdown on occupy wall street. arresting nearly two hundred. live from the heart of moscow. today's top headlines and insurgent group claims it's behind a suicide attack on foreigners and killed at least twelve they say it's been staged in revenge for a u.s. made film ridiculing islam and the violence is the latest in a wave of unrest triggered by this american movie with demonstrations and attacks on u.s. embassies in over twenty countries worldwide. more than...
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the start a western military adventure george bush thought he'd be on a roll first afghanistan then iraq maybe syria then maybe iran he was on a. roll and it's all gone sour because of the resistance of the iraqi people which drove the american soldiers and the british under fire out of that country and now they're being driven under far out of afghanistan i think myself but it's a good thing in america to realize that they cannot for around the world invading and occupying other people's countries whenever they feel like it that's the empire strikes back no i'm against international terrorism islamist terrorism or any other kind we have a right to be concerned about where to go back to afghanistan but of course the law in afghanistan anymore they're in syria where britain and america have said next they were in libya last year they're in syria this year and lo and behold their allies just as they were in afghanistan in the one nine hundred eighty s. . of britain and the united states the very people who mock the american ambassador in benghazi well the people that we sent into libya and
the start a western military adventure george bush thought he'd be on a roll first afghanistan then iraq maybe syria then maybe iran he was on a. roll and it's all gone sour because of the resistance of the iraqi people which drove the american soldiers and the british under fire out of that country and now they're being driven under far out of afghanistan i think myself but it's a good thing in america to realize that they cannot for around the world invading and occupying other people's...
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. >> reporter: michael long was shot in the stomach while serving in iraq in 2005. army doctors prescribed painkillers plus anxiety medications for post-traumatic stress leading to another battle. >> i would take twice as much and eventually you're at five, ten times as much as you're supposed to be taking. >> reporter: a new report from the institute of medicine says adicks are increasing in the military and that new approaches are needed to prevent and treat substance abuse. the latest numbers show 11% of active duty personnel reported misusing prescription drugs, and almost half are binging drinking. >> for a long time in the military it's been sort of accepted. >> reporter: screening and intervention should be part of primary care and military health professionals need better training. patients also need more access to services that work. >> we're recommending a long- term outpatient approach because this has been found to be more effective. >> reporter: the army discharged long in 2009 after authorities found him with multiple prescription drugs. for the past y
. >> reporter: michael long was shot in the stomach while serving in iraq in 2005. army doctors prescribed painkillers plus anxiety medications for post-traumatic stress leading to another battle. >> i would take twice as much and eventually you're at five, ten times as much as you're supposed to be taking. >> reporter: a new report from the institute of medicine says adicks are increasing in the military and that new approaches are needed to prevent and treat substance abuse....
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iraq is looking better than afghanist afghanistan. >> if the u.s. leaves, how is that going to be viewed by the gi haddists? >> it will look like the united states is a big canada that is unable to prosecute it's will. >> thank you gentleman. much obliged. coming up. chicago teachers suspend their strike. classes are scheduled to resume tomorrow. americans believe they should be in charge of their own future. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing what they want. ameriprise. the strength of a leader in retirement planning. the heart of 10,000 advisors working with you one-to-one. together for your future. ♪ >>> late breaking news chicago teachers suspend their strike. thank you very much especially on very short notice. >> not a problem. but please call me randy. >> one of the key points. >> teachers knew that there was going to be an evaluation system and they wanted there to be one,
iraq is looking better than afghanist afghanistan. >> if the u.s. leaves, how is that going to be viewed by the gi haddists? >> it will look like the united states is a big canada that is unable to prosecute it's will. >> thank you gentleman. much obliged. coming up. chicago teachers suspend their strike. classes are scheduled to resume tomorrow. americans believe they should be in charge of their own future. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise...
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. >> reporter: 30-year-old michael long still has the bullet he took in his back during a tour in iraq in 2005. i can feel it. he says removing it would have been too dangerous. does it cause you pain? >> oh, yeah, it's extremely painful. >> reporter: in a military hospital he got hooked on painkillers. >> at first i ended up taking them the way they prescribed them. then they stopped doing anything and i took twice as much as i was supposed to be taking. it's when you start running out halfway through and you're like, oh, my god, i'm addicted to opiates, i'm a junky. >> reporter: who would refill the prescriptions if you ran out halfway through? >> that's when we had to do the seedier things like dealing with drug dealers or getting... buying drugs off someone else that has painkillers. >> reporter: long entered an army treatment program but continued to abuse drugs. he was arrested and given a bad conduct discharge, which meant he couldn't get veterans benefits for future treatment of chronic pain and p.t.s.d. >> to be honest, you're too afraid to admit a drug problem to seek any typ
. >> reporter: 30-year-old michael long still has the bullet he took in his back during a tour in iraq in 2005. i can feel it. he says removing it would have been too dangerous. does it cause you pain? >> oh, yeah, it's extremely painful. >> reporter: in a military hospital he got hooked on painkillers. >> at first i ended up taking them the way they prescribed them. then they stopped doing anything and i took twice as much as i was supposed to be taking. it's when you...
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responding to romney today, david brooks wrote, who are these freeloaders, is it the iraq war veteran who goes to the va? is it a student getting a loan to go to college? most of the government spending are not big government lovers but republicans, senior citizens, mostly white men with high school degrees. >> reporter: in other words, they are romney supporters. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> and just tonight we got the first official reaction from the president to the words of mitt romney. here is a short bit of what president obama said in an appearance for tonight taped on david letterman. >> when i meet republicans, as i'm traveling around the country. they are hardworking family people who care deeply about this country. and my expectation is, if you want to be president, you have to work for everybody, not just for some. >> the president unveiling an outreach to republicans tonight on david letterman. >>> and we are debuting new numbers this evening on this presidential race. our nbc news political director chuck todd in our washington bureau with the results of ou
responding to romney today, david brooks wrote, who are these freeloaders, is it the iraq war veteran who goes to the va? is it a student getting a loan to go to college? most of the government spending are not big government lovers but republicans, senior citizens, mostly white men with high school degrees. >> reporter: in other words, they are romney supporters. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> and just tonight we got the first official reaction from the president to...
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in 2010 after seven tough years we left iraq. and as you know, we are engaged today in afghanistan's hell man province. we come from the sea. having our marines on ships and available around the world accomplishes many things. the mere presence of a war ship offshore loaded with marines or even the knowledge that there are only a few days away is often enough to curb the actions of many actors around the world. while our sister services act in a single domain, the army on land, navy at sea and air force in space, the marines are different. we don't operate in a singledom ain but operate in the lane, the lane that opens up in the stages of conflicts that transcends all three of the dwow mains that i spoke of. we bring a combined arms force that can respond as quickly as required. this force may be needed to open the door for the larger joint force or follow-on capabilities across the elements of our national power. lastly, since we are all concerned about the fiscal challenges facing our nation that was talked about, i thought you
in 2010 after seven tough years we left iraq. and as you know, we are engaged today in afghanistan's hell man province. we come from the sea. having our marines on ships and available around the world accomplishes many things. the mere presence of a war ship offshore loaded with marines or even the knowledge that there are only a few days away is often enough to curb the actions of many actors around the world. while our sister services act in a single domain, the army on land, navy at sea and...
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economics which we haven't is a fact you know what you are we there were weapons of mass destruction in iraq which there were not is a fact and you can go on and on so yeah there's context of some of these things but sometimes something is just not true and from drama in rowing that's when you had for most of this campaign when jump in well it went well i think context i mean indeed this is a cunt this is a very interesting example i mean cliff had been talking earlier that about the first night of the republican convention when they focused on the you didn't build that comment now the interesting thing is you look at the obama speech from which that comment was taken you know i and i raised issues with the way some of the ads would cut the comment or clip it or fade in and not provide what i would say would be the full context and and what he was doing was kind of repeating a democratic talking point idea i documented it went all the way back to stuff that franklin roosevelt said however many republicans when they look at the comments by president obama it really rubs them the wrong way and
economics which we haven't is a fact you know what you are we there were weapons of mass destruction in iraq which there were not is a fact and you can go on and on so yeah there's context of some of these things but sometimes something is just not true and from drama in rowing that's when you had for most of this campaign when jump in well it went well i think context i mean indeed this is a cunt this is a very interesting example i mean cliff had been talking earlier that about the first...
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which seems to have to do with the entrenched interests in washington well it's wrong paul said about iraq we just more then we can just more say the senate bill amounts we just more. let's first go cold turkey and not bail out anyone else and then let those bailed out companies sink or swim i don't see any reason the bailout anyone in the laissez faire capitalist society of the just society the only way you make money is by satisfying consumers are getting a better product at a lower price but to get a bailout is to take from customers in the form of their role as taxpayers what they were unwilling to give to you in their role as consumers. general motors should have gone broke crunch lou should never have been bailed out years ago and never should have been bailed down then oh and if we drive japanese cars or swedish cars. who cares i mean we i mean mozart was an american we we listen to mozart what should we do bail out there or give a subsidy to american composers when we have a mozart it's very silly and it's really a violation of rights and what you're doing is taking money from rich
which seems to have to do with the entrenched interests in washington well it's wrong paul said about iraq we just more then we can just more say the senate bill amounts we just more. let's first go cold turkey and not bail out anyone else and then let those bailed out companies sink or swim i don't see any reason the bailout anyone in the laissez faire capitalist society of the just society the only way you make money is by satisfying consumers are getting a better product at a lower price but...